Thanks, Sheila. I have fiddled with this a bit to get to what I sent. A
good break from actual watering.
Bill
On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 at 10:54 am, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> There are many attractive features to this poem, Bill, and I appreciate
> your use of the form. What you are saying makes the greatest sense to me.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 4:38 PM Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > It’s bloody hot round our region at the moment. 26-41 on Friday predicted
> > and we have only had 4 mm of rain in the last month. Hence the following
> > villanelle.
> >
> > Summer’s the time to dangle your hose.
> >
> > Stand in the shade and let it pour out.
> >
> > Planting is poetry; watering prose.
> >
> >
> > Beat back the dryness. Soak on. Interpose.
> >
> > You’re all that stands between lushness and drought.
> >
> > Summer’s the time to dangle your hose.
> >
> >
> > Commune with magpies and kookas and crows.
> >
> > Swat wasps and mosquitoes - keep moving about.
> >
> > Planting is poetry; watering prose.
> >
> >
> > You don’t need to think, the job’s H20’s.
> >
> > Be still for a while, be whisper, not shout.
> >
> > Summer’s the time to dangle your hose.
> >
> >
> > The task is a matter of pauses and flows.
> >
> > Some plants you can trust, some leave you in doubt.
> >
> > Planting is poetry, watering prose.
> >
> >
> > Douse that magnolia you carefully chose.
> >
> > Celebrate wins - cheer each small green sprout.
> >
> > Summer’s the time to dangle your hose.
> >
> > Planting is poetry; watering prose.
> >
> >
> > bw
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